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Amber Valley 100th Anniversary fonds

  • CA ATH ath-2196
  • Fonds
  • 2009

The fonds consists of the welcoming pamphlet, the registration form and the Sunday morning church songsheet. The artifact is a commemorative t-shirt featuring a sketch of Toles School.

Amber Valley 100th Anniversary

Amber Valley Community Association fonds

  • CA ATH ath-1980
  • Fonds
  • 1888-1987

The fonds consists of reprinted newspaper articles, a list of electors for 1938 and 1958, a few unidentified photocopied pictures and 10 photographs; also the booklet "Memoirs of the Official Opening of the Amber Valley Community Centre, June 28, 1975". The photos include: W.G. and Alice Cromwell, Columbus Bowen, Bob Jamerson, and Williams and Kinamore families. The booklet "Rural Women in Focus" was printed by the Amber Valley Community Association to celebrate the United Nations 1975 International Women's Year. Included is information on Lydia Williams, Marjorie Logan, Nancy Appleby, Amber Valley pioneer women, Athabasca Art Club, Martha Edwards and Palma Lennie. Two photographs from the Athabasca Archives collection include: Georgia Toles and an unknown woman. The map is a hand drawn Amber Valley Heritage Map, 1987, showing the present and former land owners in Township 66, Range 20, W4M. As well as the names of farm families, the map locates two stores, two post offices, the school and the cemetery. Records also include Friends of Obadiah Place documents pertaining to the historical designation of the site and letters of solicitation and support for the project. 20.27: correspondence, documents, digital photos and videos concerning reinstalling a Park Canada Historic Sites and Monuments plaque originally located on Hwy 55 and now relocated at the Amber Valley Cultural Centre.

Amber Valley Community Association

Athabasca Archives Amber Valley Reference Library

  • CA ATH ath-2188
  • Collection
  • 1972-2007

The collection consists of nine books in the Athabasca Archives reference library that contain information on Black settlement, Amber Valley, and families who settled there. The collection includes a video tape: "We Remember Amber Valley," by Selwyn Jacobs

Athabasca Archives

Athabasca Archives periodical collection

  • CA ATH ath-2199
  • Collection
  • 1883-2009

The fonds consists of periodical articles was used as research material for the book "Athabasca: an Illustrated History". 1) Outing, an international illustrated monthly magazine of Sport, Travel and Recreation. Oct-Dec, 1895. Includes a 4 part article titled "A Woman in the MacKenzie Delta" by Elizabeth Taylor. 2) Canadian Geographical Journal. May, July and August 1961. "Voyageurs Highway; the geography and logistics of the Canadian fur trade" by Eric Morse. 3) Alberta Transportation. Oct 1981. "A short history of Alberta's Riverboats" by Andy Turnbull. 4) Saint John's Edmonton Report. Aug. 2, 1976. "One man drownded, another floats". 5) Canadian Geographical Journal. Jan. 1947. "Athabasca River Transport" and "Athabaska Trail" by S.C.Ells. 6) The Trustee; Alberta School Trustees Association. 1907-1982. "My favorite trustees" by William H. Swift. He discusses Toles, Smith and Parkhurst Schools and Mr. Edwin Parr. 7) Forest Landscape: a newsletter published by Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc. Sept. 2, 1993. "Homesteading's freedom carried a price" by Lillie Hagelund. 8) Royal Geographical Society. Nov. 1883. "On the Athabasca District of the Canadian North-West Territory" by Rev. Emile Petitot. Includes information on First Nations inhabitants. 9) Alberta Trails Task Force, Research Section, Historic Sites Service, Alberta Culture, 1975. "Historic Trails Report" by Anne Carscallen. 10) "The Klondyke Trail from Edmonton" by Harold Fryer. 11) Canadian Cattlemen. Nov. 1953. "Old Trails and New, from sternwheeler and pack-train to "Iron Horse" and Aeroplane" by Phillip H. Godsell. 12) New Trail, U of A. Winter, 1951. "The Athabasca Trail" by James MacGregor. 13) "Report on the drainage area of the Peace & Athabaska Rivers" by Wm. Pearce, 1908. 14) The Alberta Gold Rush News, Alberta Gold Prospectors Assoc. Spring, 2009. "Devil's Canyon Gold Mine,1918" by Mark Hayward. 15) Food For Thought. Fall, 2007. "The Rice Stuff, wild rice from farmer Wayne Ptolemy" by Wes Lafortune. 16) Canadian Geographical Journal. February, 1964. "My Home Town" by Charles Camsell. Drawings by S.C.Ells.

Athabasca Archives periodical collection

Athabasca Ukrainian Folk Dance Club fonds

  • CA ATH ath-1971
  • Fonds
  • 1976-2010

The fonds consists of the certificate of incorporation and by-laws; minutes, financial statements, membership lists, correspondence, newsletters for 1976-1999; provincial and federal annual tax returns for 1999-2001; grant receipts; dance competitions; 1998-1999 Disneyland Proposal and arbitration hearing and award of Sept. 1999; 6 video cassettes of year end concerts, 1993-1998; Project 2000: 25th anniversary display consisting of the year by year overview of activities, photographs and an anniversary video cassette. Material from the 2010 35th anniversary display include 25 photographs, programs, a 1975-2010 history of the executive and dancers, and a club logo. The 5 DVDs are from 2008-2010.

Athabasca Ukrainian Folk Dance Club

Canadian Museum of Civilization collection

  • CA ATH ath-2189
  • Collection
  • 2006 - 2009

The fonds consists of correspondence between Dr. Hinther and the Athabasca Archives; a newspaper article from the Athabasca Advocate of June 20, 2006; a Toles School preliminary approach paper; a media release; an invitation for Athabascans to meet Dr. Hinther and Anne Newlands at the Athabasca Archives; a Toles School interview questionnaire; and promotional material for the CMC including 2 DVDs. On October 30, 2006 CTV interviewed Dr. Hinther; a DVD copy was purchased. In 2007 a framed "Memorandum of Cooperation and Understanding" between the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Athabasca Archives was given to the archives. In 2008-2009 additions included: a Toles School interpretive grid and diagrams, and four roller display banners with metal stands. In 2021, a CD-ROM of Dr. Hinther touring the Amber Valley Cultural Centre was added.

Canadian Museum of Civilization

Cercle des Canadiens Francais de la Paroisse de St. Bruno fonds

  • CA ATH ath-2025
  • Fonds
  • 1921-1927

The fonds consists of a register containing the regulations of the association adopted Dec.11, 1921, a list of the members and meeting minutes from Dec.11, 1921 to Mar.4, 1922; correspondence. This material is in French. The revised regulations adopted Dec.11, 1927 are in English.

Cercle des Canadiens Francais de la Paroisse de St. Bruno

Clint Taylor fonds

  • CA ATH ath-2193
  • Fonds
  • 1987-1988

The fonds consists of a copy of the essay titled "Freedom on the Frontier: Black Migration to Amber Valley", a bibliography, and his correspondence with Mrs. Eileen Hendy, archivist at the Athabasca Municipal Library and Archives.

Taylor, Clint

Dr. Adrianus Mol fonds

  • CA ATH ath-1962
  • Fonds
  • 1980-2009

The fonds consists of photographs of people and events including: 2000 Trans Canada Trail Relay; 2000 Agricultural Parade; receipts for car purchases from Hunter Motors Ltd. and articles concerning national and local issues in the United Church of Canada, 1980-1991. The photographs include: Robert Berrea, Dave Chatters (MP), Lionel and Tannia Cherniwchan, Jacques Jean, Paddy Jordan, Ron Opmeer (Rev), Garold and Barbara Toews, 2003 Foodgrains Bank harvest, Athabasca clay pits, Jake Burritt residence decorated for Christmas 2003, Amber Valley Community Potluck Sept.2004, and West Athabasca School "A Taste of Athabasca" Apr.2005. There are 51 photographs of Athabasca Pottery Discovery Day, June 21, 2009 which include photographs of Conrad Biernacki, program manager, and Brian Musselwhite, assistant curator, Royal Ontario Museum; Cathy Roy and Lucie Heins, Royal Alberta Museum; Carrie-Ann Lunde, Alberta Museums Association; Alfred Messerli, potter; Andreas Bayer, Honorary Consul for Switzerland; Marilyn Mol, Athabasca Archives; Gene and Gail Sabo, Terry (Knittle) Rains, Bob and Carole Tannas, Ed Pohranychny, Dorothy Nielsen, and Rosie Guay as well as audience members.

Mol, Adrianus

Fred Chrusch fonds

  • CA ATH ath-1839
  • Fonds
  • 1930-1951

The fonds consists of materials created or collected by Fred Chrusch between 1930 and 1951. The fonds consists of records of Fred (Fedor) Chrusch, including steamer ticket envelope from 1930, scraps of Ukrainian plays and songs, booklets, Ukrainian religious literature and newspapers, creamery payment slips, Post Office registration slips, payment for cutting railway ties, and correspondence regarding assistance to immigrants.

Chrusch, Fred (Fedor)

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